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BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12891-022-05026-0
Keywords
Hand strength; Grip strength; Dynamometry; Jamar; GripAble; Reliability; Occupational therapy; Physiotherapy; Hand rehabilitation; Outcome measure
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This paper presents GripAble, a mobile hand grip device for assessing maximum grip strength (MGS). GripAble demonstrates good-to-excellent inter-instrument reliability to the widely used Jamar PLUS+ dynamometer.
Introduction Maximum grip strength (MGS) is a reliable biomarker of overall health and physiological well-being. Therefore, an accurate and reliable measurement device is vital for ensuring the validity of the MGS assessment. This paper presents GripAble, a mobile hand grip device for the assessment of MGS. GripAble's performance was evaluated using an inter-instrument reliability test against the widely used Jamar PLUS+ dynamometer. Methods MGS data from sixty-three participants (N = 63, median (IQR) age = 29.0 (29.5) years, 33 M/30 F) from both hands using GripAble and Jamar PLUS+ were collected and compared. Intraclass correlation (ICC), regression, and Bland and Altman analysis were performed to evaluate the inter-instrument reliability and relationship in MGS measurements between GripAble and Jamar PLUS+ . Results GripAble demonstrates good-to-excellent inter-instrument reliability to the Jamar PLUS+ with ICC3,1 = 0.906 (95% CI [0.87-0.94]). GripAble's MGS measurement is equivalent to 69% (95% CI [0.67-0.71]%) of Jamar PLUS+'s measurement. There is a proportional difference in mean MGS between the two devices, with the difference in MGS between GripAble and Jamar PLUS+ increasing with MGS. Conclusion The GripAble is a reliable tool for measuring grip strength. However, the MGS readings from GripAble and Jamar PLUS+ should not be interchanged for serial measurements of the same patient, nor be translated directly from one device to the other. A new normative MGS data using GripAble will be collected and accessed through the software for immediate comparison to age and gender-matched subpopulations.
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